LEGENDARY ARTIFACT CREATURE — GOLEM
Karn, Argent Defender
Artifacts and creatures entering the battlefield don't cause abilities to trigger.
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Comments & Rulings · 5
- Wizards of the Coast2026-08-21 · official rulingReplacement effects, such as a permanent entering the battlefield tapped or with counters on it, are unaffected. Abilities that apply "as [this permanent] enters" are replacement effects.
- Wizards of the Coast2026-08-21 · official rulingThe trigger event doesn't have to specify artifacts or creatures entering the battlefield. For example, Tireless Tracker has an ability that says "Whenever a land you control enters, investigate." If an artifact land or creature land you control enters, that ability won't trigger. If a nonartifact, noncreature land you control enters, the ability will trigger.
- Wizards of the Coast2026-08-21 · official rulingLook at the permanent as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger. For example, if you control Opalescence, which says, in part, "Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature," each enchantment will be a creature at the time it enters the battlefield and will not cause triggered abilities to trigger.
- Wizards of the Coast2026-08-21 · official rulingTriggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at the beginning of" in their reminder text.
- Wizards of the Coast2026-08-21 · official rulingIf Karn, Argent Defender and another artifact or creature enter the battlefield at the same time, neither one will cause triggered abilities to trigger when they enter the battlefield.